BRIEF HISTORY OF ITALY Italy‚ history of since earliest times the history of Italy has been influenced by cultural and political divisions resulting from the peninsula’s disparate geography and by circumstances that made Italy the scene of many of Europe’s most important struggles for power. EARLY ITALY Human activity in Italy started during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods. By the beginning of the Neolithic period (c.5000 BC)‚ the small communities of hunters of earlier times were
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF PHARMACOGNOSY In 780 AD ‚ a Greek pharmaco-botanist Pedanios Dioscorides wrote and described about 600 plants with medicinal properties in his book “De materia medica libre cinque(concerning medical matter in five volumes). Galen was a Greek pharmacist-physician who lived in Rome and who describe the method of preparing formulas containing plant and animal drugs and the term ”galenical pharmacy” was originated. In 19th century material medica (medical
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A Brief History Of Computers The history of computers starts out about 2000 years ago‚ at the birth of the abacus‚ a wooden rack holding two horizontal wires with beads strung on them. When these beads are moved around‚ according to programming rules memorized by the user‚ all regular arithmetic problems can be done. Another important invention around the same time was the Astrolabe‚ used for navigation. Blaise Pascal is usually credited for building the first digital computer in 1642. It added
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CASE BRIEF Case: State of Missouri v. David R. Bullock‚ 03CR679889.MO‚ [www.courts.mo.gov/casenet] Facts: At the time of the filing of his appeal‚ Mr. David R. Bullock had been charged and convicted of attempted statutory rape (under RSMO 566.032 and 564.011) and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor (under RSMO 564.011 and RSMO 566.032). David R. Bullock engaged in several conversations via email and chat rooms with a Newton County Deputy Sheriff who was conducting a sting operation
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Brief history of prostitution Note by the author This document owes a lot to Max Chaleil’s work. His book‚ ‘Le corps prostitué : le sexe dévorant’ is the main reference of this file. This historical summary will mainly concern France‚ even though there are a few comparisons with the situation of prostitution in other countries. 1. The Beginnings : Sexual hospitality and sacred prostitution It is not so sure that prostitution is the oldest trade in the world; the Europeans admitted to it during the
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A Brief History of Whitechapel and the Whitechapel Murders Whitechapel is a town in East London that was named for a small chapel that was dedicated to St. Mary. It was the parish church starting in 1338 and was destroyed in World War II. Now it is a public garden. There are two main roads‚ Whitechapel High Street and Whitechapel Road. These two roads were originally part of the Roman road that separated London. It was considered the other half of London‚ the half outside the city walls. All
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A Brief History of Rome The founding of Rome goes back to the very early days of civilization. It is so old‚ it is today known as ’the eternal city’. The Romans believed that their city was founded in the year 753 BC. Modern historians though believe it was the year 625 BC. Rome knew four classes of people. This division was very important to the Romans. There were other traditions that all Romans shared. Whatever their individual circumstances‚ all Romans observed certain
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Carol and Gary Allen v. Dover Co-Recreational Softball League & a. Strafford No. 2001-457 Briefed by Elizabeth Taylor Submitted: July 26‚ 2002 Opinion Issued: September 30‚ 2002 Basic Facts of the Case: The plaintiffs‚ Carol and Gary allege that on September 13‚ 1998‚ Carol Allen was injured while participating in a recreational softball game‚ while she was running to first base. She was hit in the head by the shortstop of the opposing team. This game was an adult and slow pitch softball
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLAND Copyright 1994 - AngloPol Corporation -- Distributed by the Polonia Media Network |Part 1 | | | |The Polish State Emerges | |10th-12th
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History of Bread Grown in Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ wheat was likely first merely chewed. Later it was discovered that it could be pulverized and made into a paste. Set over a fire‚ the paste hardened into a flat bread that kept for several days. It did not take much of a leap to discover leavened (raised) bread when yeast was accidentally introduced to the paste. Instead of waiting for fortuitous circumstances to leaven their bread‚ people found that they could save a piece of dough from a batch
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